先日起きたバスケット審判傷害事件について、北海道新聞7月17日の記事から気になるところを英訳してみました。
先月、九州で開かれた高校のバスケットボール大会で、判定に不満をもった外国人留学生が審判を殴り、大けがをさせた。選手は試合後泣いて謝罪したという。
One of the players punched the referee as he had been angered by his judgement in the high school basketball game held in Kyushu last month. The victim’s injury was so severe that the assailant player, who was a foreign exchange student, apologized in tears after the game was over.
学校側は自主退学という形で帰国させた。
The school made him move back to his home country out of his own will.
どんな理由であれ暴力は許されない。
Under no circumstances should violence be tolerated.
ただ、周囲には母国語のフランス語を話せる人がおらず、会話もままならず精神的に参っていたようだ。
It seems , however, that there was no one around who could speak the boy’s mother tongue, French, which led him to mental collapse.
学生スポーツ界では多くの外国人が活躍する。
In the world of student sports, many schools enroll non-Japanese boys and girls who are expected to do an outstanding job and contribute to their sports clubs.
だが、「戦力」としか見ていない学校はないか？
Is there any possibility that those schools have treated such young athletes merely as a tool to win sports games?
言葉や文化の壁に悩みながら努力する学生たちに充分寄り添っているか？
Is enough support given to them making efforts despite suffering from language and cultural barriers ?